Den Junlaphan (; born December 4, 1978), better known as Eagle Kyowa, is a Thai former

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who competed from 2000 to 2007. He held the WBC

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title twice between 2004 and 2007.

Biography

Den Janlaphan was born as the eight of nine children in

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. He entered

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at the age of 16, and began boxing, making his amateur debut in 1995. He turned pro, and made his professional debut in January, 2000, in

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. He transferred to the Kadoebi Houseki Gym in

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, and made his Japanese debut in August, 2001 as "Eagle Okuda", winning by first-round knockout. He won the WBC Minimumweight title in January, 2004, beating Jose Antonio Aguirre by decision. He made his first defense in May of the same year, but lost his second defense in December, 2004 against

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. The fight was stopped in the 4th round due to a shoulder injury by Kyowa. He made his return in August, 2005, against

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, who had beaten Bustos to win the WBC Minimumweight title. Kyowa won by decision, regaining his title. On January 9, 2006, he defeated Ken Nakajima (14-2-0) by 7th round tko. On May 6, 2006, he defeated future light flyweight champion

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(22-0) by a 12-round unanimous decision. In his next bout, he almost lost his title to journeyman

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in November, 2006. Kyowa dropped Trejo in the 3rd round, but was knocked down twice in the 6th. All three judges awarded Kyowa the decision by one point, and Kyowa won a close third title defense (fourth total). He met

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, the WBC's 6th ranked contender, on June 4, 2007, in

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, Japan, for his fourth defense (fifth total). Kyowa dominated the young challenger from the first round to make his fourth straight defense by unanimous decision. He lost a point for an accidental head-butt in the 2nd round, but knocked down Yaegashi in the 10th round to secure his victory. All three judges awarded him the win by over ten points. This fight also utilized the open scoring approved by the World Boxing Council. Every four rounds, they would announce the official scoring of the fight. The Japan Boxing Commission is one of the few organizations that has used the WBC's open scoring feature thus far. On November 29, 2007, Kyowa lost his title to fellow Thai boxer Oleydong Sithsamerchai (24-0-0) by unanimous decision.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyowa, Eagle 1978 births Japanese male boxers Living people World Boxing Council champions Mini-flyweight boxers World mini-flyweight boxing champions Eagle Kyowa Eagle Kyowa Thai expatriate sportspeople in Japan

Biography

See also

Professional boxing record

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